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Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. As a teacher at the Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, he liked to explain certain principles of pictorial formation using examples from music: beat, rhythm and polyphony are terms that occur frequently. In this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”, you can find out exactly what this is all about.  M...

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life. And he regularly went to concerts and the opera, where he found inspiration for his artistic work. In the 20th and 21st centuries, it was musicians who were inspired to compose by Paul Klee's art and his thoughts on pictorial formation. In this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”, you can find out why this is the case and what this contemp...

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. He was particularly fond of classical and romantic music, but he also enjoyed the music of some of his contemporaries: he greatly appreciated Hindemith and Stravinsky, while Schoenberg and Webern did not seem to have particularly interested him. You can find out more about this in this episode...

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. The productions provided him with inspiration for his artistic work and numerous characters found their way into his work. In this episode of ‘Paul Klee's Playlist’, you can find out which operas he particularly enjoyed and what annoyed him about performances. Music played (excerpts): Giuseppe...

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. As a young man, he wrote music reviews for the Berner Fremdenblatt for three years and was not at all squeamish about the singers and soloists. Find out what he had to praise and criticise in this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist” Works played (excerpts): Gaetano Donizetti, “La fille du régime...

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and, together with his wife Lily Klee, built up an extensive record collection. More than 200 shellac records are kept in the archive of the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. In this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”, you can find out which works and which artists are particularly well represented. Music played (excerpts): Frédéric Chopin, Prélu...

Paul Klee was a painter, but played the violin all his life and regularly went to concerts and the opera. He was particularly fascinated by the operas and symphonies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, while he himself loved playing Beethoven's string quartets. Find out what Paul Klee had to say about this in this episode of “Paul Klee's Playlist”.   Music played (excerpts): Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,...

Paul Klee was a painter. But he was also a musician. He learned to play the violin at the age of seven and made music all his life. In his youth he was a member of the Symphony Orchestra of the City of Bern, later he played mainly string quartets and chamber music. He was also passionate about going to the opera and listening to records of well-known works at home. Musical terms appear in his pict...